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quick poll: how do you pronounce "pwn"? does it rhyme with "cone"? (i say yes.) or is it "pawn"? or...some other way?

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[buffyx.livejournal.com]

Pwn rhymes with cone. Like saying pony, minus the y.

[bana76.livejournal.com]

Agreed. But I think for me, it's more like Pown. Haha.

[cookiesr1.livejournal.com]

I thought pawn but I guess now I can see the other way of pronouncing it...

[cinandtonic.livejournal.com]

I've always heard it pronounced like "cone"

[jkpolk.livejournal.com]

most people I hear pronoince it to rhyme with cone.

Me, I'd just never speak it. :)

[miss-sarac.livejournal.com]

In my head it rhymes with cone

[subtle--sarcasm.livejournal.com]

I never really actually "say" it, but in my head I always say it without vowels, just "pvn".

[astolat]

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "own"... aha:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn#Various_pronunciations

[defaultcrush.livejournal.com]

It's derived from "owned", so it seems awfully silly to pronounce it "pawned" or anything like that. The above wiki link gives good info. *thumbs up*

[tiggz.livejournal.com]

exactly what i was going to say!

[anothersadsong.livejournal.com]

rhymes with 'cone'. definitely.

[insunshine.livejournal.com]

I rhyme it with cone!

[elessar.livejournal.com]

It rhymes with cone as it's supposedly a typo of own.

[spifftronica.livejournal.com]

In my long, rich tradition of mispronouncing every internet word ever, I always say "p-wan," but in this case I know it's wrong and do it on purpose. I find the whole thing silly.

[echoingvista.livejournal.com]

Rhymes with cone. I mean, it originally came from "own". If you say it any other way, you're kind of stupid, LOL.